ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 5, 2024

>> David: TONIGHT, BREAKING

NEWS.

THE EARTHQUAKE HITTING RIGHT

OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY.

AND JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE

AFTERSHOCKS FELT JUST BEFORE WE

CAME ON THE AIR.

A PRELIMINARY READING IN THESE

AFTERSHOCKS, 4.0.

THIS WAS THE STRONGEST QUAKE IN

THE REGION SINCE THE LATE 1800s,

THE 4.8-MAGNITUDE QUAKE IN NEW

JERSEY.

IT WAS CENTERED RIGHT BETWEEN

NEW YORK CITY AND PHILADELPHIA.

MORE THAN 40 MILLION AMERICANS

FROM MARYLAND UP TO MAINE

FEELING THIS.

SKYSCRAPERS SHAKING, HOMES

EVACUATED, SOME BUILDINGS

CONDEMNED TONIGHT.

THE SHAKING CAN BE SEEN IN THE

EARTH CAM VIDEO OF THE STATUE OF

LIBERTY.

A GROUND STOP FOR A TIME AT NEW

YORK-AREA AIRPORTS.

TONIGHT THE CREWS INSPECTING

BRIDGES, TUNNELS, AND RAILS.

WILL THERE BE MORE AFTERSHOCKS?

WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING TO

BE PREPARED FOR TONIGHT.

>>> THE DEADLY NOR'EASTER

LEAVING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

STILL WITHOUT POWER.

AND TONIGHT, THE NEW

CROSS-COUNTRY STORM ALREADY ON

THE WAY, AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN

FOR THE SOLAR ECLIPSE ON MONDAY.

ROB MARCIANO TONIGHT TAKING US

CITY BY CITY.

>>> THE NEW THREAT ALERT TONIGHT

IN THIS COUNTRY.

TONIGHT THE FBI AND HOMELAND

SECURITY NOW WARNING OF

POTENTIAL THREATS TO PUBLIC

GATHERINGS.

WHY THEY'RE CONCERNED.

PIERRE THOMAS STANDING BY WITH

LATE REPORTING.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE CONCERN

OVER IRAN AND A POSSIBLE

RETALIATORY ATTACK.

TONIGHT, U.S. OFFICIALS WARNING

ISRAEL, IRAN MAY BE PLANNING AN

ATTACK AFTER ISRAEL'S DEADLY

STRIKE IN SYRIA.

WHAT WE'RE LEARNING RIGHT NOW.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IN BALTIMORE

TODAY ON THE SCENE OF THAT

DEADLY BRIDGE COLLAPSE.

HIS PROMISE THERE.

AND WHAT WE LEARNED TODAY ABOUT

ONE OF THE WORKERS WHO DIED AND

WHAT HE SAID IN A MESSAGE JUST

MOMENTS BEFORE THAT BRIDGE WENT

DOWN.

>>> TONIGHT, THE URGENT SEARCH

FOR THOSE TWO MISSING MOMS.

THEY WERE GOING TO PICK UP ONE

OF THE MOTHER'S CHILDREN.

THE CAR THEN FOUND AND DAYS

LATER TONIGHT, WHAT AUTHORITIES

ARE NOW SAYING.

>>> THE WOMEN RULE.

THE WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR.

THE BIG GAME TONIGHT, TICKET

PRICES AND VIEWERSHIP.

WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING EVEN

BEFORE IT BEGINS.

CALL IT THE CAITLIN CLARK

EFFECT.

>>> THE INCREDIBLE IMAGES

TONIGHT, THE EMERGENCY AND THE

PLANE SEEN PARACHUTING TO THE

GROUND.

>>> AND THE SOLAR ECLIPSE ACROSS

AMERICA.

TONIGHT, WHICH CITIES WILL SEE

IT BEST ON MONDAY.

WE'LL BE ON THE AIR MONDAY

AFTERNOON TO SHOW YOU.

AND TONIGHT, RIGHT HERE, HOW SO

MANY COMMUNITIES ARE GETTING

READY.

>> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS

WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK,

THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT"

WITH DAVID MUIR.

>> David: GOOD EVENING, AND IT'S

GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE

ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.

WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE

BREAKING NEWS, THE AFTERSHOCKS

FELT JUST MOMENTS AGO IN NEW

YORK CITY AND BEYOND AFTER THAT

EARTHQUAKE HIT THIS MORNING, A

4.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT

STRUCK AT 10:23 THIS MORNING IN

WHITEHOUSE STATION, NEW JERSEY,

RIGHT BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY AND

PHILADELPHIA.

THESE AFTERSHOCKS MOMENTS AGO

REGISTERING A 4.0, ALMOST AS BIG

AS THE EARTHQUAKE ITSELF.

NOW, THE EARTHQUAKE THIS MORNING

ROCKING MILLIONS FROM MARYLAND

RIGHT UP TO MAINE, TRIGGERING

CONFUSION AT FIRST, AND THEN

ALARM, GROUND STOPS AT NEW YORK

AIRPORTS.

THE EPICENTER IN NEW JERSEY SOME

40 MILES WEST OF NEW YORK CITY,

60 MILES NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA.

THE STRONGEST IN THE AREA IN

MORE THAN 100 YEARS.

YOU CAN SEE THE SHAKING IN THE

LIVE STREAM FROM THE EARTH CAM

WEB CAMERA AT THE TOP OF THE

STATUE OF LIBERTY IN NEW YORK

HARBOR.

THAT WAS QUITE SOMETHING.

AND THE RUMBLING.

YOU CAN SEE IT AND HEAR IT IN

THIS HOME IN MIDDLE TOWN, NEW

JERSEY.

FALLING TO THE FLOOR.

A STARTLED DOG JUMPING OUT OF A

WINDOW ON THE COUCH THERE.

CUSTOMERS RUSHING OUT OF A

COFFEE SHOP.

THIS WAS IN BOONTON, NEW JERSEY.

THE MOMENT OF CONFUSION DURING A

LIVE STREAMED EVENT FROM NEW

JERSEY, TAKING OFF THE HEADSET

THERE, NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS

GOING ON.

IN NEWARK TONIGHT, THREE

BUILDINGS EVACUATED AND

CONDEMNED AFTER SUFFERING

SERIOUS DAMAGE RIGHT DURING THE

EARTHQUAKE.

AS I MENTIONED OFF THE TOP

TONIGHT, THE AFTERSHOCKS JUST

MOMENTS AGO.

SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB

MARCIANO IS STANDING BY ON ALL

OF THIS AND WHAT COULD STILL BE

COMING.

AND ABC'S TREVOR AULT LEADING US

OFF IN NEWARK TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, MILLIONS

IN THE NORTHEAST ON ALERT FOR

AFTERSHOCKS AFTER A

4.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE RATTLED

MUCH OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD.

THE QUAKE STRIKING AT 10:23 THIS

MORNING, CENTERED ABOUT 45 MILES

WEST OF NEW YORK CITY IN

WHITEHOUSE STATION, NEW JERSEY.

OUR NEW YORK STATION, WABC,

BROADCASTING LIVE, TAKING CALLS

FROM ALARMED VIEWERS NEAR THE

EPICENTER.

>> WE WERE SITTING ON A COUCH,

AND WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT

SOMETHING EXPLODED OUTSIDE.

AND THEN IT STARTED SHAKING

VERY, VERY, VERY VIOLENTLY.

THIS EXPLOSION WAS

NEAR-DEAFENING.

IT WAS NUTS.

AND THEN WE WENT OUTSIDE ON THE

DECK AFTER, AND THEN YOU COULD

FEEL THE DECK RAILING SHAKING

LIKE A JACKHAMMER.

>> Reporter: IT'S THE STRONGEST

QUAKE TO HIT THE GARDEN STATE

SINCE THE 1700s, LASTING MORE

THAN 30 SECONDS.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS, LIKE, A

TRUCK DRIVING PAST, BECAUSE

SOMETIMES MY HOUSE WILL SHAKE

FROM THAT.

AND THEN I REALIZED THAT CAN'T

HAPPEN FROM A TRUCK.

SO I CALLED MY MOM AND I WAS

LIKE, "MOM IS THIS AN

EARTHQUAKE?"

SHE STARTED SCREAMING.

SHE'S LIKE, "GET OUTSIDE, GET

OUTSIDE."

>> Reporter: SECURITY CAMERAS

CATCHING IT SHAKING HOMES,

SENDING PETS PANICKING, PEOPLE

RUNNING TO SAFETY OUT OF THIS

CAFE.

>> EARTHQUAKE?

WHY IS THERE AN EARTHQUAKE HERE?

>> Reporter: THE SHAKING COMING

MID-HAIRCUT AT THIS BARBER SHOP.

>> WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?

WAS THAT AN EARTHQUAKE?

>> Reporter: THE TREMORS FELT

FROM MARYLAND TO MAINE AND MAJOR

METROS LIKE PHILADELPHIA AND

NEW YORK CITY, JOLTING THE EARTH

CAM ATOP THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.

>> WE WERE ACTUALLY STOPPED ON

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE,

AND WE FELT SOMETHING RUMBLE.

WE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS CARS

GOING BY US OR WHAT IT WAS.

>> IT FELT LIKE A JOLT.

YOU SAW CARS GO LIKE THIS, KIND

OF SHAKE BACK AND FORTH.

>> Reporter: THEY EVEN FELT IT

DURING BATTING PRACTICE FOR

OPENING DAY AT YANKEE STADIUM.

>> I FELT SOMETHING, I THOUGHT,

RIGHT?

YEAH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR BECAUSE I

KNOW THAT I'M NOT GOING CRAZY

NOW.

>> Reporter: MULTIPLE AIRPORTS

ISSUING GROUND STOPS, NEWARK

AIRPORT ALERTING PILOTS.

>> ATTENTION ALL AIRCRAFT

AWAITING DEPARTURE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE TOWER IS GOING

TO BE EVACUATED.

>> Reporter: THE NYPD USING

DRONES TO INSPECT BRIDGES.

>> WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY

LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS, BUT

WE ARE CERTAINLY ASKING OUR

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND

EMERGENCY SERVICES TEAMS TO BE

ON GUARD FOR THAT AS WELL.

>> Reporter: TODAY'S QUAKE

STRIKING ALONG WHAT'S KNOWN AS

THE RAMAPO FAULT, WHICH SPANS

ABOUT 185 MILES ACROSS NEW YORK,

NEW JERSEY, AND PENNSYLVANIA.

SIGNIFICANT QUAKES ON THE EAST

COAST ARE RARE BUT DO HAPPEN.

IN 2011, A 5.8 QUAKE CENTERED IN

VIRGINIA WAS FELT BY MILLIONS IN

MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES, EVEN

CRACKING PART OF THE WASHINGTON

MONUMENT.

QUAKE EXPERT DR. LUCY JONES SAID

HAD THIS QUAKE BEEN CENTERED

UNDER A MAJOR CITY, THE DAMAGE

COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE

SEVERE.

>> I THINK TO BE GETTING

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, YOU NEED TO

BE GETTING LARGER, 5.5 TO 6.0,

AND YOU NEED TO BE PUTTING IT IN

AN URBAN AREA.

>> Reporter: AND DAVID, THREE OF

THESE HOMES HERE IN NEWARK

SHIFTED DURING THE QUAKE.

THEY'VE NOW BEEN DEEMED UNSAFE,

AND TEN FAMILIES HAVE BEEN

EVACUATED.

DAVID, WE JUST LEARNED OF THAT

4.0 AFTERSHOCK.

THAT WAS REGISTERED NOT TOO FAR

FROM HERE, AND IT WAS ALSO FELT

IN NEW YORK CITY.

DAVID?

>> David: LET'S GET MORE ON

THAT.

TREVOR, THANK YOU.

LET'S BRING IN SENIOR

METEOROLOGIST ROB MARCIANO.

ROB, THIS AFTERSHOCK, A 4.0,

THAT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT.

>> NO, WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT

THAT.

WE HAD A NUMBER OF 2.0 OR LESS

QUAKES AFTER THAT FIRST ONE.

THIS 4.0, SIGNIFICANT FOR SURE.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE HOURS IF

NOT DAYS OF THAT THREAT

CONTINUING UNTIL THE GROUND

AROUND THAT FAULT AND THAT

ORIGINAL QUAKE SETTLES DOWN,

DAVID.

>> David: EXPECTING AFTERSHOCKS

IN THE HOURS TO COME.

IN THE MEANTIME, ROB, YOU'RE

ALSO TRACKING THIS NEXT

CROSS-COUNTRY STORM?

>> YEAH, WEATHER-WISE, ANOTHER

POTENT STORM COMING INTO THE

WEST, THE CORE OF WHICH ACTUALLY

HAS ALREADY SWUNG THROUGH

CALIFORNIA.

WE HAVE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN

THE SIERRA.

WE HAVE GOT SIGNIFICANT WINDS

OVER 70 MILES AN HOUR IN THE

INTERMOUNTAIN WEST.

LOOK AT THE WIND ENERGY WE

EXPECT INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND

INTO THE PLAINS.

RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE POSTED AND

HIGH WIND WARNINGS AS WELL.

SO, LET'S TRACK THIS THING.

THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION

GETTING INTO THE MOUNTAINS.

MORE IN THE WAY OF HEAVY SNOW

THERE.

SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, THE ENERGY

GETS INTO DALLAS.

THAT'S WHEN WE EXPECT TO SEE A

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR

SEVERAL DAYS.

BEGINNING MONDAY AFTERNOON,

AFTER THE ECLIPSE, BUT THAT ALSO

MEANS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY SEE

CLOUDS BUILDING UP BEFORE THE

ECLIPSE FOR TEXAS, FOR PARTS OF

ARKANSAS AMD OKLAHOMA, UP

THROUGH CARBON DALE, CLOUDS

GOING INTO CLEVELAND, OHIO,

BUFFALO WHERE I'LL BE.

THAT WILL BE HIT OR MISS.

THE CLOUDS GET VERY CLOSE TO

BURLINGTON WHERE YOU WILL BE.

NO GUARANTEE OF CLEAR SKIES

THERE.

IT'S APRIL, THE ATMOSPHERE VERY

ACTIVE.

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE

WEATHER GODS BRING US ON MONDAY.

HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY GETS A

SLIVER OF CLEAR SKIES DURING

TOTALITY.

DAVID?

>> David: YOU'RE GETTING A MIX

OF EVERYTHING AS YOU STAND

THERE, THE RAIN AND THE SUN

BEHIND YOU.

IT IS SPRING ACROSS THIS

COUNTRY.

ROB, THANK YOU.

>>> WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS NEW

SECURITY WARNING HERE IN THE

U.S. FROM THE FBI AND HOMELAND

SECURITY, WARNING OF POTENTIAL

THREATS TO PUBLIC GATHERINGS.

THE TIMING OF THIS AND WHY

THEY'RE CONCERNED TONIGHT.

HERE'S OUR CHIEF JUSTICE

CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS WITH

LATE REPORTING.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, FBI AND

HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS ARE

WARNING U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT

ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR TERROR

INSPIRED BY THAT DEADLY I.S.I.S.

ATTACK IN MOSCOW TARGETING A

CONCERT HALL.

THE CONCERN, ACCORDING TO THE

BULLETIN, "VIOLENCE TARGETING

MASS GATHERINGS, SUCH AS SPORTS

STADIUMS, CONCERT VENUES, OR

HOUSES OF WORSHIP IN THE UNITED

STATES."

LAW ENFORCEMENT TOLD TO BE ON

THE LOOKOUT FOR ANY SUSPICIOUS

ACTIVITY.

THE BULLETIN COMING JUST DAYS

BEFORE MILLIONS WILL GATHER TO

WATCH THE ECLIPSE ON MONDAY.

AUTHORITIES SAY FOLLOWING THE

MOSCOW ATTACK, I.S.I.S. AND ITS

SUPPORTERS CELEBRATED THE

ASSAULT AND SHARED GRAPHIC AND

VIOLENT ATTACK FOOTAGE.

THE TERROR GROUP CALLING FOR

SIMILAR ATTACKS IN THE

UNITED STATES.

I'M TOLD U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS

BEING URGED TO TAKE THIS

BULLETIN SERIOUSLY.

SOURCES SAY I.S.I.S. REMAINS A

VERY REAL THREAT, DAVID.

>> David: PIERRE THOMAS LIVE IN

WASHINGTON.

PIERRE, THANK YOU.

>>> U.S. AUTHORITIES ARE ALSO

CONCERNED TONIGHT ABOUT IRAN.

THEY ARE WARNING OF A POSSIBLE

RETALIATORY ATTACK AFTER A

DEADLY ISRAELI STRIKE IN SYRIA

WE COVERED RIGHT HERE.

ABC'S BRITT CLENNETT FROM INSIDE

ISRAEL TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, U.S.

AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING THAT

IRAN MAY BE PREPARING FOR A

RETALIATORY ATTACK AGAINST

ISRAEL.

A U.S. OFFICIAL TELLING ABC

NEWS, RETALIATION COULD COME AS

SOON AS THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT

WEEK FOR THAT DEADLY IDF AIR

STRIKE IN SYRIA THAT KILLED

SEVEN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD

MEMBERS, INCLUDING A TOP

COMMANDER.

IT COMES AS THE ISRAELI MILITARY

FIRED TWO OFFICERS AND SUSPENDED

TWO COMMANDERS FOR THE IDF

ATTACK THAT KILLED SEVEN AID

WORKERS IN GAZA, INCLUDING A

DUAL U.S. CITIZEN.

>> IT WAS A TERRIBLE CHAIN OF

ERRORS, AND IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE

HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: ISRAEL'S OWN

INVESTIGATION OUTLINING A TRAGIC

TIMELINE.

THAT WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN

CONVOY, CLEARLY MARKED WITH THE

LOGO, PICKING UP AID SHIPMENT

MONDAY NIGHT.

DESPITE THE CHARITY COORDINATING

THEIR MOVEMENTS WITH THE IDF,

ISRAEL SAYING DRONE OPERATORS

WERE UNAWARE OF THAT PLAN AND

MISTOOK AN AID WORKER CARRYING A

BAG FOR A GUNMAN, LATER OPENING

FIRE.

TWO PASSENGERS ESCAPING THE

FIRST VEHICLE, GETTING INTO A

SECOND, ONLY TO BE HIT BY

ANOTHER MISSILE.

SURVIVORS OF THAT SECOND STRIKE

WERE THEN KILLED IN A THIRD

ATTACK, ALL IN JUST FOUR

MINUTES.

THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN

RENEWING CALLS FOR AN

INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION,

SAYING THE IDF CANNOT CREDIBLY

INVESTIGATE ITS OWN FAILURE.

TONIGHT, AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN

BLUNTLY WARNED NETANYAHU TO TAKE

CONCRETE STEPS TO PROTECT AID

WORKERS AND CIVILIANS OR THE

U.S. WILL REASSESS ITS SUPPORT,

ISRAEL ANNOUNCING IT WILL OPEN

THE EREZ CROSSING IN NORTHERN

GAZA AS WELL AS A PORT TO ALLOW

MORE AID IN.

BUT THOSE STEPS BY ISRAEL DON'T

ADDRESS THE WHITE HOUSE CALLS TO

PROTECT AID WORKERS.

DESPITE THAT TODAY, PRESIDENT

BIDEN SAYING ISRAEL IS FOLLOWING

THROUGH.

>> I ASKED THEM TO DO WHAT

THEY'RE DOING.

>> Reporter: AND DAVID, BACK TO

THAT U.S. CONCERN OF AN ATTACK

ON ISRAEL FROM IRAN.

ABC NEWS IS TOLD IRAN COULD

STRIKE ISRAEL'S DIPLOMATIC

FACILITIES OR POSSIBLY A DIRECT

STRIKE.

AND DAVID, PRESIDENT BIDEN

CALLING ON THE LEADERS OF EGYPT

AND QATAR TO PRESS HAMAS FOR A

HOSTAGE DEAL WITH ISRAEL.

DAVID?

>> David: STILL SO MANY MOVING

PARTS.

BRITT CLENNETT WITH LATE

REPORTING FROM TEL AVIV TONIGHT,

THANK YOU.

>>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT BIDEN,

MEANWHILE, WAS ON THE SCENE

TODAY OF THAT DEADLY BRIDGE

COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE.

HIS MESSAGE TO THAT CITY, A

PROMISE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

WILL PAY FOR THE NEW BRIDGE,

WILL BUILD THE BRIDGE.

THE PRESIDENT ALSO MEETING WITH

THE FAMILIES OF THE SIX WORKERS

WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.

AND WHAT WE LEARNED TODAY ABOUT

ONE OF THE WORKERS WHO DIED.

WHAT HE SAID IN A MESSAGE JUST

MOMENTS BEFORE THE BRIDGE WENT

DOWN.

HERE'S MARY BRUCE.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN

TODAY BOARDING "MARINE ONE,"

TRAVELING TO BALTIMORE FOR AN

EAGLE-EYE VIEW OF THE WRECKAGE

OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE

ONE WEEK AFTER THAT DEVASTATING

COLLISION.

A GIANT SHIP SMASHING INTO THE

BRIDGE, BRINGING IT CRASHING

DOWN.

>> I'M HERE TO SAY, YOUR NATION

HAS YOUR BACK, AND I MEAN IT.

YOUR NATION HAS YOUR BACK.

>> Reporter: FOR ROUGHLY AN

HOUR, THE PRESIDENT PRIVATELY

CONSOLING THE FAMILIES OF SOME

OF THE SIX WORKERS KILLED.

THREE OF THEIR BODIES YET TO BE

RECOVERED.

>> JUST SECONDS BEFORE, ONE OF

THE MEN NAMED CARLOS, WHO WAS

ONLY 24, LEFT A MESSAGE FOR HIS

GIRLFRIEND.

HERE'S WHAT IT SAID.

"WE JUST POURED CEMENT.

WE'RE WAITING FOR IT TO DRY," HE

SAID.

WELL, ALL THE FAMILIES AND LOVED

ONES ARE GRIEVING.

I COME HERE TO GRIEVE WITH YOU.

WE ALL ARE.

MY VOW IS THAT WE WILL NOT REST,

AS CARLOS SAID, UNTIL THE CEMENT

HAS DRIED AND THE ENTIRETY OF A

NEW BRIDGE, A NEW BRIDGE.

>> Reporter: AND THE PRESIDENT

TODAY CALLING FOR CONGRESS TO

COVER THE FULL COST OF THIS

RECOVERY.

AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

HAS NOW ANNOUNCED AN AMBITIOUS

TIMELINE TO REOPEN THIS PORT,

HOPING TO HAVE ONE TEMPORARY

MONTH AND TO BE BACK AT NORMAL

CAPACITY BY THE END OF MAY,

DAVID.

>> ALL RIGHT, MARY BRUCE

TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT,

MARY, THANK YOU.

>>> WE TURN NEXT TONIGHT TO THE

URGENT SEARCH FOR THOSE TWO

MISSING MOMS.

THEY WERE GOING TO PICK UP ONE

OF THE MOTHER'S CHILDREN.

THE CAR WAS FOUND.

BUT DAYS LATER NOW, WHAT

AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING.

HERE'S ABC'S MOLA LENGHI.

>> Reporter: NOW MISSING FOR

NEARLY A WEEK, OKLAHOMA

AUTHORITIES SAY FOUL PLAY IS

SUSPECTED IN THE CASE OF TWO

MOTHERS WHO VANISHED WITHOUT A

TRACE.

>> WE HAVE NOT FOUND THESE WOMEN

YET.

WE ARE STILL SEARCHING, AND OUR

INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING AROUND

THE CLOCK TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO

FIND THESE TWO VICTIMS.

>> Reporter: 39-YEAR-OLD

JILLIAN KELLEY AND 27-YEAR-OLD

VERONICA BUTLER OF HUGOTON,

KANSAS, WERE LAST SEEN ON

SATURDAY, ON THEIR WAY TO PICK

UP VERONICA'S 8-YEAR-OLD SON AND

DAUGHTER TO CELEBRATE HER 6th

BIRTHDAY, ACCORDING TO ABC

AFFILIATE KVII.

BUT THE TWO MOMS NEVER ARRIVED.

LOCAL AUTHORITIES RECOVERING THE

BLUE KIA SUV THEY WERE IN,

ABANDONED ALONG A HIGHWAY SOUTH

OF THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS BORDER.

>> OUR INVESTIGATORS, BASED ON

THE EVIDENCE AND THE INFORMATION

THAT THEY HAD FOUND INSIDE OF

THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE, THAT THEY

BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS FOUL PLAY

INVOLVED IN THIS CASE.

>> Reporter: VERONICA, A KNOWN

BUSINESSWOMAN IN THE COMMUNITY,

WAS REPORTEDLY IN THE MIDDLE OF

A CUSTODY BATTLE.

JILLIAN, AN ACQUAINTANCE AND

PASTOR'S WIFE, WAS SAID TO BE

RIDING ALONG FOR SUPPORT.

WELL DAVID, INVESTIGATORS TELL

THIS SEARCH HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY

DIFFICULT SINCE THE TWO MOMS

DISAPPEARED IN A RURAL AREA

WITHOUT MANY HOMES AND

BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT HAVE

SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE.

DAVID?

>> David: MOLA LENGHI TONIGHT,

THANK YOU.

MOLA, THANK YOU.

>>> THERE IS NEWS ON THE ECONOMY

TONIGHT.

A BLOCKBUSTER NEW JOBS REPORT

SURGING PAST EXPECTATIONS TODAY.

EMPLOYERS ADDING 303,000 NEW

JOBS LAST MONTH.

UNEMPLOYMENT TICKING DOWN TO

3.8%.

THE FEDERAL RESERVE STILL LASER

FOCUSED ON CONTINUING TO TAME

INFLATION, AS IT CONSIDERS

CUTTING INTEREST RATES UP TO

THREE TIMES THIS YEAR.

>>> NOW TO A DIFFERENT SET OF

NUMBERS TONIGHT.

TICKET PRICES AND VIEWERSHIP FOR

THE WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR EXPECTED

TO SET RECORDS TONIGHT.

HERE'S ERIELLE RESHEF.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT,